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Published: September 13, 2008
Limo service, execs say less is more
When top officials with the National Basketball Association arrived at the Skirvin Hilton Hotel in April to hear the pitch for relocating the SuperSonics from Seattle to Oklahoma City , their rides were black Mercedes.
Not one single limousine could be found.
"People don't want to flaunt what they're doing,” said John Williams , the Skirvin's general manager. "They really want to downplay the experience ...
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